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It had been 45 years since two starting pitchers failed to collect more than six outs apiece in the same World Series game. But that is what the Angels' Kevin Appier and the Giants' Russ Ortiz did last Sunday in Game 2 of this prizefight known as the...

October 26, 2002, Saturday

He was the only one the Anaheim Angels could look to, the only one who could show them and tell them what October baseball means. All by himself, Angels starter Kevin Appier could stand on the mound at Yankee Stadium, sweat through his red Angels cap...

October 3, 2002, Thursday

The Mets hurdled the problems that the players' union had with their proposed changes in Mo Vaughn's contract yesterday and completed their trade with the Anaheim Angels five days after they made it on a contingency basis. But as an indication of...

December 28, 2001, Friday

Mo Vaughn controls his own destiny. The wounded slugger wants out of Anaheim, and the Mets have given him that opportunity. All Vaughn has to do is agree by noon today to restructure his contract and he will join the Mets, while Kevin Appier goes to...

December 26, 2001, Wednesday

Watching the radar gun light up at 95 miles an hour when the Florida Marlins' A. J. Burnett threw his fastball today did not faze Kevin Appier. Appier, a Mets right-hander, knows better than to try to match power with power. ''I don't have the...

June 4, 2001, Monday

With an exclamation on the first day of spring training recently, Kevin Appier revealed a lot about the pitcher he is. Appier bounced a pitch in front of home plate and shouted at himself, dismayed. ''Most of the pitches I screw up are in the...

February 26, 2001, Monday

The most fun you can have in coaching, Charlie Hough said yesterday, is at Class A. Some pitchers do not know how to throw a pitchout; others have never thrown a changeup. A coach's job is to teach. Hough is the new pitching coach for the Mets,...

January 25, 2001, Thursday

After a winter in which they lost out on Mike Hampton, Mike Mussina and Denny Neagle and gave Alex Rodriguez the brushoff, the Mets got very busy yesterday as baseball's winter meetings moved toward a conclusion in Dallas. Over five hours, the Mets...

Mike Hampton no. Mike Mussina -- no. Denny Neagle -- no. Kevin Appier -- yes. Yes, this off-season will not be a complete washout for the Mets. Steve Phillips, their general manager, recently promised that the Mets would open next season with a...

December 11, 2000, Monday

The baseball world already knew tonight's non-waiver trading deadline would not produce the kind of impact deal made exactly one year ago when Randy Johnson moved from Seattle to Houston. But pitchers were on the move nonetheless, and they did not...